Turkey: Car bomb attack kills two police in Kurdish-majority Nusaybin

A massive crater was caused by a bomb attack on a traffic police station in Nusaybin, in the Kurdish-dominated southeast of TurkeyBulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images

A car bombing in Turkey's restive south-east has killed two policemen and injured at least 14 others, in the last episode of violence to hit the region in recent months. The blast targeted a traffic police station and adjacent barracks in the majority-Kurdish city of Nusaybin on the Syrian border.

The compound subsequently came under fire from militants armed with rocket launchers and assault rifles, local media reported. Numerous civilians were among the casualties, including at least four in a critical condition.

Images from the scene showed a large crater caused by the bombing on the road facing the building that also suffered extensive damage. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, which however bears the hallmarks of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

Earlier this week, residents in nearby Cizre returned to their homes to find most had been destroyed by shelling after authorities partially lifted a 24-hour curfew imposed to facilitate security operations against the PKK in the city. The Nusaybin bombing came a day after two female militants were shot dead after attacking a police station in Istanbul in a separate incident that underscored the volatile situation in Turkey.